Citations:Chin-sha-chiang

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English citations of Chin-sha-chiang

  • 1916 May, F. Kingdon Ward, “Further Geological Notes on the Land of Deep Corrosions”, in The Geological Magazine[1], number 623, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 211:
    It is much more likely that the Chin-sha-chiang (reserving this name for the southward-flowing upper portion of the Yangtze) did actually continue southwards past Likiang, being subsequently beheaded by the upper course of the eastward-flowing portion cutting back westwards; the southern portion of the Chin-sha-chiang, being thus isolated from its source, ultimately disappearing.
  • 1948, F. W. Thomas, “Introduction”, in Nam: An Ancient Language of the Sino-Tibetan Borderland[2], Oxford University Press, →OCLC, pages 3–4:
    The great Ña(g)-chu, or Ya-lung river, which with its tributaries issues from the southern slopes of the Bayankara range and ultimately joins the Hbri-chu, now Chin-sha-chiang, on its left bank, has perhaps a more precipitous upper course.
  • 1977, Kwang-chih Chang, “Early Civilizations in South China”, in The Archaeology of Ancient China[3], 3rd edition, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 454:
    In this connection, Wu Chin-ting’s investigations during 1938-40 in Ta-li Hsien, in the Lake Erh and Tien-ts’ang Mountain area of western Yunnan a little way below the Chin-sha-chiang, are highly important.